Italian authorities have boarded the Sea-Watch 3 preventing it from docking in Lampedusa. I really hope they will bring the rescued migrants down soon,” the rescue vessel’s captian Carola Rackete said in a video uploaded to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. The ship entered Italian territorial waters earlier today, defying Italy’s port blockade in a bid to disembark 42 rescued migrants in Lampedusa. The migrants have been on board the ship for two weeks, circling just outside territorial waters off Lampedusa. pic.twitter.com/ZXQrSVcJOU — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) June 26, 2019Sea Watch 3 has been circling outside Italian territorial waters off the coast of Lampedusa.

Source: Libya Today June 26, 2019 12:33 UTC